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Hantavirus human-to-human transmission highly improbable — Russian sanitary watchdog

TASS · · 110 words

Russia's sanitary watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has stated that human-to-human transmission of hantaviruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is highly improbable. The agency reports that the situation in Russia remains stable and controlled, noting a general decrease in incidence over the last 25 years.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Human-to-human transmission of hantaviruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is highly improbable”
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The provided evidence confirms that hantaviruses are mainly transmitted by rodents and cause HFRS, but none of the provided sources explicitly address the probability of human-to-human transmission.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantaviruses that cause illness in humans are mainly transmitted by rodents. In rodents, hantaviruses usually cause an asymptomatic, persistent infection."Incidence rate of hemorrhagic fever with rena…
https://web.archive.org/web/20250508070024/https://en.wikipe…
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web search NEUTRAL — General features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The clinical course of HFRS is primarily characterized by fever, circulatory collapse with hypotension, hemorrhage, and acute kidney injury (…
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4737898/
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantaviruses can cause two types of infections in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358980932_Hemorrhag…
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“HFRS cases have been registered every year since 1978”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general definitions of 'hemorrhage' and 'viral hemorrhagic fever' from Wikipedia and MedlinePlus. There is no mention of HFRS case registration dates or a specific timeline starting in 1978.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage or blood loss, is blood escaping from the circulatory system from damaged blood vessels. Bleeding can occur internally, or externally either through a natural opening…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a diverse group of infectious diseases characterized by fever and systemic damage to the circulatory system. Viral hemorrhagic fevers cause symptoms ranging from mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_hemorrhagic_fever
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“the incidence showing a tendency toward decreasing in the past 25 years”
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Two independent web search results specifically state that there has been an overall decreasing trend in the incidence of HFRS in China in recent years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alto (stylized in all caps), is a Canadian federal Crown corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Via Rail that oversees the planning and development of the Toronto–Quebec City High-Speed Rail Netwo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_(high-speed_rail)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a hemorrhagic fever caused by hantaviruses. Signs and symptoms usually occur 2 weeks after exposure to the virus and come in five distinct cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_hemorrhagic_fever_w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — hantavirus is a genus of viruses that includes all hantaviruses (rat family Hantaviridae) that cause disease in humans. Hantaviruses are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each hantavir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthohantavirus
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“This infection demonstrates periodical surges (every three to five years) depending on the population of red-backed voles”
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The provided evidence describes what HFRS is and its clinical stages, but does not mention periodic surges every three to five years or a correlation with red-backed vole populations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a hemorrhagic fever caused by hantaviruses. Signs and symptoms usually occur 2 weeks after exposure to the virus and come in five distinct cl…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus_hemorrhagic_fever…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2024 · Overview Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by hantaviruses. The severity of the disease varies depending on the virus causin…
https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/hcp/clinical-overview/hfrs.ht…
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web search NEUTRAL — To obtain an account, contact your facility’s Administrator/CEO, designated HFRS Superuser, or Agency licensing unit. If you already have an HFRS user account, you may access the system by using the “…
https://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/HFRS/
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“red-backed voles, the recognized carriers of hantaviruses in natural focuses of HFRS”
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The evidence provided for this claim is completely irrelevant, discussing the color red, the movie 'RED', and flags. No biological or medical evidence regarding red-backed voles as carriers was provided in the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — China adopted its own red flag following the Chinese Communist Revolution. A red flag was also adopted by North Vietnam in 1954, and by all of Vietnam in 1975. Since red is the color of blood, it has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 15, 2010 · RED: Directed by Robert Schwentke. With Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker. When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops ag…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 13, 2024 · What is Red Color? Red (HEX #FF0000) is a vibrant, powerful color that exudes strength and dynamism. It stirs up passionate emotions of boldness, confidence, courage and joy. From the r…
https://creativebooster.net/blogs/colors/shades-of-red-color
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